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Great video, I love Agop. I’ve got heaps. My favourite ride is Idris Muhammad.

Great video with a simple but effective comparison method. Good one! The Audiotechnica is certainly punching well above its weight - and it does miss out on some of the ghost notes and all that. The AKG makes a clear case of why it costs more than double the Audiotechnica - so it’s not an apples-to-apples comparison, and I realise it wasn’t meant to be - love your transparency and the excellent drumming 👌🏽 If I had nearly $500 to spend on a mic I’d certainly go for the AKG C214 or an Audiotechnica AT4040, AT4050 or so, but the Audiotechnica AT2035 is easily the winner of the bang-for-buck award - the quality it manages to achieve is praiseworthy at that price point. My partner uses an Audiotechnica AT2035 in her home studio for singing Bolllywood songs and similar stuff - the mic is hard to fault at its price. I’ve seen a lot of stupid videos comparing it to the much more expensive Rode NT1 as if they’re in the same category, and such videos are testament to its excellent performance. I do appreciate the AKG mic - no doubt it is an excellent piece of equipment.

Fine demo and playing! Way to go instead of bashing the hell out of them like quite a few YT people do. The nylon tip sticks work well on thinner, complex rides.

Always Ludwig Drums for the Win!

So sounds great setch! Thanks for the hi hat's brother!

I have a Catalina Club in Blue Satin Flame with the 20 inch bass drum. Everytime I play out, I get compliments from either the sound person, club owner, musicians or fellow drummers. It is a fantastic bargain and the tones are superior to much more expensive kits. I couldn't be more proud and happy to play Gretsch.

man, loved that lick between FT/BD that you do at 4:02! brilliant

Art is so hip!

awesome !!!

Talk about comparability ! Great demo to show how great both these brands are……

What album is this off of?

Still miss that kit

Toms sound edible😋😋😋😋

Masterful drumming. Excellent player can make any drum set sound Beautiful.

I studied with Joe - he was a friend and mentor - thanks for honoring his memory with this fine rendition, Greg Burrows

tama kick sounds a lot better

this is super helpful. thank you

that was very nice and inspiring, thanks a lot

So hard to decide. The tama has more definition but the gretsch blends better.

Amazing

Excellent playing, as usual, and a good choice of a solo!

Gretsch, little warmer Round sounded ! Just ordered the Gretsch 140th Edition 🎉

Nice work, is that the istanbul agop 19" signature ride?

Ok.. I’m going to do it now!! Haha you inspire me man. Great playing 🎉

Cymbals????

More high frequency definition along with the rest of the frequency bandwidth with the ludwigs

God I wish I could play swing like this.

Surely sounds like Stan Getz to me, could you identify the track? I love it. Great drumming, thanks!

What's the song?

So awesome!! Got a new subscriber from Mexico, cheers! 🎉

Thanks for posting. First I love ride cymbals. Second I love Istanbul ride (and crash) cymbals. I have a few each of the other well known manufacturers and i like them, but I love Istanbuls. The mix of stick definition and wash is perfect for my ears. Of your super collection i think i like the Traditional ride cymbal, especially for your piece of music. Cheers. Bill.

I love them all. The 22-inch Traditional probably stands out the most to my ear (in a good way). The Pre-Split crash is a close second; it has just the right amount of dryness for this style of jazz. An excellent collection, my man!

Ludwig is fuller. They undersize their shells by 6mm and they’re easier to tune. And they’re cheaper. Ludwig all day over Gretsch.

I have this kit in copper sparkle. The only change I've made is to upgrade the hoops from 1.6 mm triple flange to 2.3 mm flange. Adding a 2" riser to the bass drum makes them sound much bigger. The quality is excellent. They are made in the DW factory in Taiwan to Gretsch's specs.

Nice man

What Istanbul series is that ride from? It’s gorgeous

The first one seems to have the darker, less disturbing wash

Thanks for the video!!

Bravo

These are 2 fine sets of drums. Neither set sounds like one drum is out of place with the others, and both (from seeing this and the other tuning range videos) have equal versatility. Strictly on aesthetics, I like the centered lugs on the Gretsch a little more than I like the imperial lug on the Ludwig, but I actually prefer the smaller profile lug more than either one. Lugs wouldn't deter me from playing either one. I'd go Rail consolette over post through kick as well, but if the drums sound good, that's what truly counts.

Can't stand jazz

big differences, great video brother!

Awesome! Keep up the good work, btw what sticks do you use?

That was sweet!

22" 30th Anniversary was the one I liked the most

Groove City bro

I was in Istanbul. Went to many music shops. Asked about the 30th anniversary cymbals. Nobody knew what I was talking about. Nobody cared. I would have bought 10!

So nice! Also is this a Gretsch Catalina kit?

Just beautiful

Mmm . . . That Traditional is so beautifully rich and velvety. The Signature is a bit unusual it how dry it is, even though it’s pretty thin. New sticks?